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A few Questions about reverse proxies and running your own Jellyfin server (self.selfhosted)

submitted 1 year ago by KpntAutismus to c/selfhosted

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First things first, the setup is currently up and running. but i would like to modify it to use a reverse proxy through my personal domain.

Currently, i'm using an old pc with Truenas and a jail with jellyfin in it. i'm connecting to it with the free Fritz!Box VPN service.

but that's stupid and slow. so i've bought a domain at godaddy.com. but i don't understand the principle of whatever is managing the domain knowing the public IP-adress of my server. i've heard of Caddy, but it's also running locally, so i don't understand how i connect the pc to the domain.

if anyone could simplify this down for me, it'd be very helpful.

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[–] Pok 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I wanted to access my Jellyfin at home from a smart TV elsewhere, is that possible (securely)? Or would I need something that can run a vpn?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

With the caveat that I'm presuming Jellyfin has a HTTPS interface, or you have a proxy in front of it to make one for it (I use Emby myself but I believe Jellyfin was a fork of it at some point) then yes, if the TV has an app for it you should be fine. HTTPS is as good on your server as anywhere else so long as it doesn't have some implementation flaw. In fact it's probably better to not have a VPN when streaming video just to avoid the extra overhead bandwidth a VPN tends to add on.

My only thought against having it on the public web would be the potential for brute force attempts on the login page. If it has a 2 factor option then great, or even if there's some kind of lockout/throttling after too many wrong guesses. Even barring that though, a decent long pass should be good enough to dissuade anyone from wasting too much time trying to remotely get into a video box, not exactly a crown jewel target after all.